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UPSC CAPF AC Paper - I
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 Consider the following statements about the town planning during Harappan Civilisation

1. The towns of Harappa and Mohenjodaro were divided in two parts citadel for the ruling class and the lower town for the common people.

2. The roads cut across one another almost at right angles.

3. Water flowed from the houses to the streets, which had drained, sometimes covered with bricks and stone slabs.

4. Burnt bricks were not used in Harappan cities.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Important Questions on Ancient History

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UPSC CAPF AC Paper - I
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Consider the following statements

1. The Harappans looked upon the Earth as a fertility Goddess and worshipped her as Mother Goddess, the terracotta figures being found at Mohenjodaro.

2. The male deity surrounded by an elephant, a tiger, a rhinoceros, a buffalo below his throne, and two deer at his feet is identified as Pashupati Mahadeva.


 Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Sir Mortimer Wheeler, referring to the origin of the Harappan Civilisation, said : "The Indus Civilisation may, in origin, best be visualised as the sudden offspring of opportunity and genius... the idea of civilisation came to the land of the Indus from the land of the twin rivers." The statement refers to the colonisation of the Harappan settlements by the......... people.
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UPSC CAPF AC Paper - I
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Match List I and List II and choose the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List I List II
A. Harappa 1. JF Jarrige
B. Dholavira 2. Dayaram sahani
C. Mehargarh 3. JP Joshi
D. Mohenjodaro 4. RS Bisht
E. banawali 5. RD Banerjee

Codes:

A      B     C    D     E

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Match List I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.  
List I List II
A. Lothal 1. ploughed field
B. Kalibangan 2. dockyard
C. Dholavira 3. terracotta replica of a plough
D. Banawali 4. An inscription comprising ten large-sized signs of the Harappan script

codes:

A    B    C   D

EASY
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The Indus Valley people traded with the 
EASY
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Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic developement ?
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UPSC CAPF AC Paper - I
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The majority of the beads were made of 
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UPSC CAPF AC Paper - I
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Match the following lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below 
List I List II
A. Mohenjodaro 1. Larkana
B. Chanhudaro  2. Nawabshah
C. Lothal 3. Kathiyawar
D. Kalibangan 4. Hanumangarh

Codes:

A    B    C    D